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His Kingdom Will Never End - Luke 1:33 - Dec 10, 2007 - 81
"He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end" (Luke 1:33). "I'm gonna be famous." That's what Robert Hawkins wrote in his suicide note before going to the mall in Omaha last Wednesday where he murdered eight people and then took his own life.But he was wron ... More
Is It Time Yet? Don't Forget the First Rule of the Spiritual Life - Acts 1:6-7 - Mar 8, 1998 - 635
So when they met together, they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" He said to them: "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority." Acts 1:6-7 A few days ago I happened to be in my car at noon when the Paul Harvey ... More
The Text That Changed the World - Romans 1:16-17 - Jan 26, 1992 - 276
Certain texts of the Bible are so familiar to the Christian that they require almost no introduction. They are the texts we learned from our very first days in Sunday School. We know them, we love them, their words are etched on our hearts. They are the "Great Texts" of the Bible. John 3:16 certainl ... More
Ballistic Christianity - Matthew 9:35-38 - Feb 25, 2007 - 803
It must have been about twenty-two years ago that our family attended a week-long Bible conference at a Christian conference center near North Platte, Nebraska. A family in the church I pastored in Garland, Texas paid for all our expenses so we could make the trip. I don’t recall much about th ... More
By Faith - Hebrews 11:1-2 - Jun 12, 2008 - 1156
With this message we are beginning a new series on Hebrews 11 called Outrageous Faith. I have a personal interest in this chapter that goes back to the first church I pastored immediately after graduating from seminary in May 1978. Two months later I preached my first sermon as pastor of a small chu ... More